"dictionarily" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: dictionary + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dictionary|ly}} dictionary + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} dictionarily (not comparable)
  1. In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-dictionarily-en-adv-8SdsS5Kd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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          "ref": "2006, A. W. Sparkes, Talking Politics: A Wordbook, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, page 227",
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          "ref": "2008, Colin Gonsalves, Vijay Hiremath, Rebecca Gonsalvez, editors, Prisoners' Rights, volume 2, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) (A division of Socio-Legal Information Centre) 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi - 110014, India, page 643",
          "text": "It lays foundation for a society where rule of law has primary and not arbitrary or capricious exercise of power. 'Life' dictionarily means, 'State of functional activity and continual change peculiar to organised matter, and especially to the portion of it constituting an animal or plant before death; animate existence; being alive. But used in the constitution it may not be mere existence.",
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          "ref": "2009, Wharton's Concise Law Dictionary - With Exhaustive Reference to Indian Case Law - Along with Legal Phrases and Legal Maxims - Including Glossary of Unique Words used by Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India - Thoroughly Revised and Updated by Dr Justice AR Lakshmanan, Former Judge: Supreme Court of India Chairman, Law Commission of India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi - India, page 1048",
          "text": "\"Tort\" dictionarily means 'breach of duty leading to damage'. Same meaning attaches to it in law. In general, torts consist of some act done without just cause or excuse.",
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